Ken H.
Subscriber since: June 2009
Location:
SECRET HARBOUR,
Australia
About Me
I am a semi-retired medical practitioner currently working part time in the Emergency Department of a local hospital.
I am married with five adult children and six grandchildren.
I enjoy writing, especially articles related to caravan travelling i Australia, photography, gardening, travel and my work. My wife is an excellent cook and enjoys bridge, travel and the the family. we grow most of our own vegetables.
I am married with five adult children and six grandchildren.
I enjoy writing, especially articles related to caravan travelling i Australia, photography, gardening, travel and my work. My wife is an excellent cook and enjoys bridge, travel and the the family. we grow most of our own vegetables.
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Favorite Word:
serendipityTaking advantage of the unexpected! Something we must all do to succeed in our individual endeavours.
Least Favorite Word:
blingCommon in the modern idiom. I really don't know what it means and neither, I suspect, do those who use it.
Favorite Quote:
"There can be no courage without fear!"
- ??? Edward Vernon Rickenbaker
Favorite Topics:
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3 Comments
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12 Comments
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2 Comments
How to write:
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Marketing:
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2012
December 11, 2012
- 8 Comments
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
- 11 Comments
Writers:
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
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